Sleigh-runner



(No Model.)

J. A. GENDRON.

SLEIGH RUNNER.

No. 455,098. Patented June so, 1891.

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lI II I UN TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH A. GENDRON, OF TORONTO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO THE GENDRON IRONIVHEEL COMPANY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

SLEIGH-RUNNER.

SPECIFIQATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 455,098, dated June 30,1891.

Application filed October 16, 1890. Serial No. 368,367. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OSEPH A. GENDRON, a citizen of the United States,residing at T0- ronto, in the county of York and Province of Ontario,Canada, have invented certaiii new and useful Improvements in DetachableSleigh-Runners, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in detachablesleigh-runners for wagons, childrens carriages, 850.; and the inventionconsists in the peculiar construction of the runner and the boxesadapted to be engaged upon the journals of the wagon, &c., and in thepeculiar means of adjusting them laterally in relation to each other,all as more fully hereinafter described.

My invention is especially intended to be applied to childrenscarriages, 'toy Wagons, and other wheeled vehicles of that class.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved runner. Fig. 2 is a similar perspective View showing a modifiedform of construction. Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the runner appliedtoa childs carriage, the body of the carriage being indicated in dottedlines.

My runner I preferably form by bending a single piece of round bar-ironinto the desired shape, forming the shoe or runner portion a, the frontvertical extension I), and the rear vertical extension 0. Theseextensions are suitably shaped to giveagracefulappearance to the device.The rod is also preferably bent to have the connecting portion dparallel with the runner, as shown in Fig. 1, but this may be omitted,as shown in Fig. 2.

e and f are transverse journal boxes or bearings attached at the frontand rear, respectively. In Fig. 1 I show these boxes constructed andattached as follows: g is a vertical socket on the box (2, in which theend of the front extension engages, being held thereon by means of aset-screw h, this socket being secured to the box at one side of themiddle thereof and soarranged that either side of the journal-box may bepresented in or out. The journal-box is also provided with a horizontalsocket on its opposite side in which the end of the connecting-bar dengages.

It is evident that this box may be vertically adjusted by means of theset-screw h.

The boxf has formed on one side a socket c', adapted to engage with theconnecting-bar d, and secured thereon at any desired point by theset-screw j. The securing-socket t' is secured to the journal-box f atone side of the middle, and may be secured with either the long arm orshort arm extending out.

My device thus constructed is intended to be applied to child renscarriages, toy wagons, &c., by removing the wheels and engaging thesockets andf upon the journals of the vehicle. It is evident that in theconstruction shown in Fig. 1 these boxes may beadjusted to vehicleshaving ditferent distances betwegn tQ axles, and the frontbox nTEy bevertically adjiisted, thereby correspbndingly raising the rear box bymeans of the connect- 7o ing-bar d, the front end of which is secured tothe box e. This manner of connecting the boxes to the runner enables meto arrange the front and rear boxes in line or out of line, as shown inFig. 3. This is especially desirable in applying my device to childrenscarriages, wherein the front axle is shorter than the rear axle. Thus asingle pair of my runners may be used upon a vehicle having front andrear axles of the same or different lengths.

In the construction shown in Fig. 2 I show the front and rear extensionsprovided with screw-threads and the journal-boxes provided withcorrespondingly screw-threaded sockets 7c engaging therewith. Byrotating the boxes the adjustments vertically and for different lengthsof axles may be accomplished. By bending the rods the horizontaladjustment between the boxes may likewise be accorn- 9o plished.

I claim l. In a detachable sleigh-winner, the cornbination, with therunner, of reversible transverse journal-boxes for the front and rear 5axles, and means for adjusting said boxes laterally in relation to eachother, substantially as described.

2. In a detachable sleigh-runner, the combination,with the runner havingfront and rear vertical extensions, of reversible transversejournal-boxes upon said extensions, said bearversible boxj", havingahorizontal adjustment to or from its companion c, substantially asdescribed.

(5. As a new article of manufacture, a detachable sleigh-runner composedof a single piece of round metal bent to form the runner portion a,extensions Z) c, and reversible transverse boXes cf, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH A. GENDRON.

\iVitnesses:

L. V. DUSSEAU, XV. I. TORRANCE.

